August 01, 2008: The global warming debate has transformed Antarctica from a forgotten landmass at the end of the Earth to the canary in the mineshaft -- a harbinger, scientists theorize, that will give the world a glimpse into the future. While the continent has been discussed at length in the recent documentaries An Inconvenient Truth, March of the Penguins and several episodes of the BBC series Planet Earth, no filmmaker has immersed themself in the southern polar region as deeply as Jean Lemire.
The Montreal director, along with a hardy crew of 12 men and women, spent 14 months studying the effects of climate change in Antarctica, and the result is the documentary The Last Continent. More >>>
